UFC Fight Desk: Weidman and Rousey Team Up Again, “Cowboy” Saddles Up Against...
Following their respective wins at UFC 175, champions Chris Weidman and Ronda Rousey joked that they wanted to keep fighting on the same cards together going forward. After all, they were two-for-two...
View ArticleUFC announces broadcast partnership with TSN, RDS and The Fight Network
The UFC has a new broadcast home in Canada. Actually, it has a new home plus a little weekend getaway spot in Muskoka or a ski chalet in The Rockies. Monday afternoon, the UFC announced a multi-year...
View ArticleUFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier: A Major Event for Many Different Reasons
The impending light heavyweight championship fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier epitomizes everything we love about the sport of mixed martial arts. There are numerous elements that contribute...
View ArticleUFC 182: Jon Jones and the Pursuit of Greatness
Set aside your personal feelings about Jon Jones and just look at the resume. Whether you love him, hate him or fall somewhere in between, compartmentalize those pre-existing ideas you have about the...
View ArticleUFC 182: The Unknown Limits of Daniel Cormier’s Greatness
Anyone that says they know the limits of how good Daniel Cormier is as a mixed martial arts fighter is kidding themselves. Right now, just a handful of days before the former Olympian and captain of...
View ArticleUFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier: 5 Reasons to Watch
In sitting down to pen this column for Saturday’s pay-per-view, I was tempted to break out the following five reasons: 1) Just trust me. 2) Seriously. 3) This is the best fight in a really, really long...
View ArticleKeyboard Kimura podcast: Setting up UFC 182
After months of waiting, UFC 182 hits the Octagon this weekend meaning Paul Chapman and E. Spencer Kyte can finally break down the light heavyweight championship grudge match between Jon “Bones” Jones...
View ArticleUFC 182 Prospect Watch: Cody “No Love” Garbrandt
A new year, a new twist to our coverage of prospects on each fight card here at Keyboard Kimura. After test driving The Tracking List over the final few months of last year, I’ve decided to switch it...
View ArticleUFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier: Punch Drunk Predictions
Happy New Year, boys and girls, and welcome to the first of a potential 45 Punch Drunk Prediction columns in 2015! The final six months of this column were pretty fun last year, as Patrick Cwiklinski...
View ArticleUFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier Pre-Fight Primer
Later tonight, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon to battle for the UFC light heavyweight title in the main event of the first pay-per-view of 2015. Before the action in the cage...
View ArticleUFC 182: Jon Jones outworks, outlasts Daniel Cormier to retain LHW title
WOO-HOO! It’s Fight Day! Forgive me – I’m a little excited. After months of build up and a week that seemed to drag along, the time has finally come for Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier to step into the...
View ArticleUFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier 10 Things We Learned Last Night
1. And Still… The build was unlike any fight in recent memory, but in the end, the UFC 182 played out similarly to the majority of Jon Jones’ fights inside the Octagon, as the reigning, defending,...
View ArticleUFC 182: Jon Jones now fighting against himself, history books
Saturday night in Las Vegas, Jon Jones crossed another name off the list of light heavyweight title challengers, fighting tooth and nail with Daniel Cormier for three rounds before picking up the pace...
View ArticleUFC 182: MMA media delivered amazing work, but it shouldn’t be a surprise
Last week was amazing in every way. Everything about UFC 182 was pretty much perfect. From the pre-fight promotion and the in-week media moments to the coverage leading up to and following Saturday’s...
View ArticleKeyboard Kimura podcast on Jon Jones, Jonny Henricks and Rory MacDonald
Spencer Kyte made the trip into the Province Sports Radio studio to join Paul Chapman for a jam-packed UFC podcast. The fallout from Jon Jones’ demolition of Daniel Cormier is bandied about, with the...
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